I am attempting to perform a calculation for reduction of MDMT in non-impact-tested material in a piping system, and need to understand the stress ratio referred-to in Figure 523.2.2 of B31.5 (or the analogous section of B31.3). My main point of confusion is with the meaning of the provisions...
Has anyone received an email from SST Systems saying that they are now performing engineering services in the US? Has anyone heard of software manufacturers also being competitors with their customers in this way? Would appreciate any thoughts or comments on the subject.
Hello all. I am looking to make sense of implementing EN 12953-9 and EN 12952-11 (they have essentially the same requirements with regard to my application). I am in the US but trying to produce a design that's applicable to both Europe and the USA for my safety systems for a hot water boiler...
Thanks BigInch. I think those are great points.
"Bowing would tend to distribute the lateral displacements along the pipe, rather than at the loop itself, which is why guides are used to direct the pipe expansion towards a loop without allowing much lateral displacement during the process."...
Hello all, back again with a piping thermal movement question. If I think about how a pipe might move in the thermal case of a long straight pipe between (2) anchors, with a loop to take up movement, when pipe is expanding and is resting on supports that are not frictionless, the friction...
After long study of the MW Kellogg methods, and setup of the various form (which lend themselves to spreadsheets quite nicely), I have a much better understanding of how to get at least some result for simple systems with the constraints shown in the book (two places only, although I'm working...
joabjim,
That, I can certainly help you with. You're right, the book doesn't do a great job of explaining this, and I haven't tried to solve it the way they use (which was all they had 55 years ago). However, the easy way is this:
1. Calculate your shape coefficients, per the method.
2. Set...
BigInch, thanks for helping me understand what you were saying. You always provide well-thought-out responses, and I just wish you were accessible as a mentor on this subject. You should consider pipe stress tutoring after school to make some beer money.
Not that it really matters at this point, zdas, but I was talking about spring checks, since that's mostly what I use. I would agree that other designs may require no dP to keep them open. I suppose I should be specific. I guess we should all try harder at that.
I'm not sure I follow the gist of the comment. However, again, for non-critical service, at low temperatures (below 400°F), and relatively low pressures (and probably some higher pressures too), it seems unreasonable to dismiss the Kellogg method as useless just because a multi-billion dollar...
OK, fair enough. If I look at B31.5, it appears to be based on the same principles as B31.3, and the Kellogg method, and actually talks about expansion stress in the exact same way. The only clue it gives that it may actually mean pipe contraction is that it gives negative e values in Table...
Sorry, BigInch, I'm not sure which question you're responding to, the general applicability of the Kellog method or its applicability to pipes cooling down rather than heating up. If it's the latter, are you saying it's not necessarily OK to use the method as if the cold temperature were...
Thanks Colonel for that excellent reply. I understand that, for large systems, the Kellogg method would be cumbersome, although looking at the people I know who have licenses for pipe stress analysis software, I'm beginning to understand more and more that they don't know that they're doing. I...
An additional note (forgive me if I'm stating the obvious) is that if for some reason, flow drops off such that the pressure drop through the valve falls below the cracking pressure, the valve will close.
After reading some opinions in some of the threads in this forum, I would like to get some specifics, if possilbe, on the applicability of the M.W. Kellogg methods. Just in case anyone didn't know, brand new paperback copies of the second addition are available for around $35 on Amazon.
As...
